... owner-managers, a cluster analysis based on the degree of perceived uncertainty was conducted. Findings A statistical differences across a continuum with regard to entrepreneurial orientation, information gathering, management and absorption practices, innovation and internationalization...

...Marian V. Jones; Dave Crick Previous studies have shown that lack of information can provide an obstacle to firms’ endeavour to be competitive in oversea markets. This study provides empirical data that examine how managers of internationalising UK high‐technology firms perceive the usefulness...

... at the firm level and for the support of policies that redefine the financial infrastructure that may foster the emergence of local entrepreneurs in these economies. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Capital Structures Information Small firms For equity‐holders debt is preferred to equity...

...Jonathan Tucker; Jonathan Lean Examines how a finance gap for small firms might be addressed by means of government policy to support informal financing initiatives. A review of both the finance and the government policy literature provides the basis for discussing and conceptualising the financing...

...Jill Collis; Robin Jarvis This research is drawn from a survey of 385 private limited companies in the UK that fall within the 1999 EU size thresholds for a small company. Examines the use of financial information in small companies, as financial management is critical to their success and survival...